FDA

[ ef-dee-ey ]

noun

, U.S. Government.

1. Food and Drug Administration: a division of the Department of Health and Human Services that protects the public against impure and unsafe foods, drugs, and cosmetics.

FDA

abbreviation for

1. Food and Drug Administration: a federal agency responsible for monitoring trading and safety standards in the food and drug industries

Example Sentences

In October, the CDC and FDA identified the onions as the likely source of the outbreak, which sickened more than 100 people across 14 states.

From Salon

Attaining FDA approval for GLP-1 analogs with the specific indication of treating alcohol use disorder, for example, will take years.

From Salon

And the FDA, though now interested in phages, will have to figure out how to regulate them to keep up with evolving microbes.

From Salon

“The FDA’s war on public health is about to end,” he wrote, decrying the agency’s “aggressive suppression” of such worthless anti-COVID nostrums as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.

From Los Angeles Times

“Butter lists cream, but may be missing the Contains Milk statement,” the FDA wrote.

From Salon